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obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


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to  the  generosity  of: 

Library  of  the  Public 
Archives  of  Canada 


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g4n6rosit6  de: 

La  bibliothdque  des  Archives 
publiques  du  Canada 


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possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


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plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
de  la  nettetd  de  l'exemplaire  film6,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprim6e  sont  film6s  en  commenpant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  film^s  en  commenpant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  —^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbols  -^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN  ". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc..  peuvent  6tre 
film6s  d  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clich6.  11  est  filmd  d  partir 
de  Tangle  sup6rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  h  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n6cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mithode. 


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BLODGET'S    PLAN 


OK    TIIK 


BATTLE  ON  THE  SHORES  OF  LAKE  GEORGE, 

8  Septk.mhek,  1755. 
REMARKS 

MAOK    BErORB 

THE    MASSACHUSETTS    HISTORICAL    SOCIETY, 
Makcii   13,  1890. 


BY 


SAMUEL  ABBOTT  GREEN,  M.D. 


Sraitb  a  jFapBimtlr  of  tijt  )|Ian. 


CAMBRIDGE: 

JOHN    WILSON    AND    SON. 

Slnitornttg  ilttss. 

1890. 


■ 


BLODGET'S   TLAN 


BATTLE  ON   THE  SHORES  OF  LAKE  GEORGE. 


At  a  meeting-  of  the  MASsAcmisETTS  Historical 
Society,  on  Thursday,  March  13,  1890,  Dr.  Samuel 
A.  Green  called  attention  to  an  early  engraving,  of 
which  a  fac-simile  of  the  exact  size  is  herewith  given, 
and  said :  — 


Dining  the  summer  of  1883  a  bound  volume  of  "  The 
Boston  Gazette,  or  Country  Journal,"  running  from  April  14, 
1765,  to  December  29  of  the  same  year,  came  into  the  posses- 
sion of  the  Historical  Society.  The  file  had  once  belonged  to 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Abiel  Holmes,  for  many  years  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  of  the  Society,  and  beai-s  some  of  his  handwriting  ; 
and  it  was  given  to  the  library  by  his  son  John  Holmes,  Esq. 
In  the  copy  of  the  newspaper  for  September  15,  there  is  a 
reference  to  the  battle  between  the  French  and  the  English 
on  the  shores  of  Lake  George,  where  General  Johnson  de- 
feated and  captured  Baron  Dieskau.  Attached  by  wafers  to 
this  particular  number  was  a  rare  engraving  of  the  battle, 
showing  the  engagemenv  of  the  froops  on  each  side,  and  giv- 
ing a  plan  of  the  English  encampment,  with  the  position  of 


the  various  regiments.  The  original  drawing  was  made  by 
Samuel  lilodget,  —  present  at  the  time  as  a  sutler,  —  which 
was  without  doubt  fairly  accurate.  It  was  engraved  on  cop- 
per by  Thomas  Johnston,  a  native  of  Boston,  and  at  that  period 
an  artist  of  some  local  repute.  Subjected  to  the  tests  of  a 
modern  standard,  the  work  would  be  harshly  criticised,  but, 
making  due  allowance  for  the  improved  methods  in  the  art  of 
engraving  during  the  last  century  and  a  half,  it  is  on  the  whole 
creditable.  An  advertisement  in  the  Gazette,  December  '22, 
in  this  file,  gives  the  date  of  the  publication,  and  other  inter- 
esting facts  connected  with  the  Plan,  as  follows :  — 

THIS   DAY   PUBLISH'D, 

And  Sold  by  Samukl  Ui.odoet.  at  the  South  Eud  of  Iio$ton,  near 
tlie  Sign  of  the  Lamb,  and  opimsite  to  Capt.  Smith's.  A  prospective 
PLAN  of  2  of  the  Eiigagemente  the  English  had  with  the  French  at 
Lake- George,  ou  the  8th  of  September  1755  ;  exhibiting  to  the  Eye  a 
very  lively  as  well  as  just  Representation  of  them  ;  together  with  Part 
of  tlie  Lake,  the  Camp,  the  Situation  of  each  Regiment,  with  the  Disad- 
vantages attending  them :  The  Appearance  of  the  Canadians,  Indinnif 
and  Regulars,  as  they  made  their  Approach  to  tlie  Brest-work ;  the 
Form  of  the  Land  and  the  Enemy ;  together  with  the  Advantage  they 
had  in  tlieir  Ambuscade  against  Col.  Williams.  As  also  a  Plan  of 
Ifudson't- River  from  New-  York  to  Albimy ;  with  such  Marks  as  will 
be  of  great  Service  to  Navigation :  Likewise  the  River  and  Waggon 
Road  from  Albanyto  Lake-George  ;  together  with  a  Plan  and  Situation 
of  each  of  the  Forts  that  have  been  lately  built.  All  which  is  carefully 
and  neatly  struck  off  from  a  large  Copper  Plate. 

N.  B.  There  will  be  Sold  with  each  Plan  a  printed  Pamphlet  with 
Explanatory  Notes,  containing  a  full,  tho'  short  History  of  that  impor- 
tant Affair  from  the  Beginning  to  the  End  of  it. 

^-  The  above  Mai',  together  with  the  Pamphlets,  may  be  had  of 
the  Printers  hereof. 

According  to  this  advertisement  the  Plan  or  Map  was  pub- 
lished in  connection  with  a  pamphlet,  of  which,  fortunately, 


there  is  a  copy  in  tlie  llisturical  Librury,  tliough  lacking  the 
Map.  A  coinpiirison  between  thewe  two  publications  shows 
beyond  all  doubt  that  they  bjlong  together  and  explain  each 
other,  as  figures  in  the  one  refer  to  corresponding  numl>ers 
in  tiie  other.  The  Map,  probably,  was  folded  and  fastened 
between  the  first  and  second  leaves,  as  there  are  marks  of 
stitches  at  tliis  place  in  the  copy.  The  pamphlet  is  bound 
up  with  others,  once  owned  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Jeremy  Bel- 
knap and  given  to  the  Society  by  his  daughter,  on  March  11, 
1868.  It  is  a  quarto  in  form,  containing  five  pages  of  de- 
scriptive matter,  besides  a  page  of  "  Advertisement," .  and 
is  entitled  :  "  A  Prospective-Plan  of  the  Battle  near  Lake 
George,  on  the  Eighth  Day  of  September,  1755.  With  an 
Explanation  thereof ;  Containing  a  full,  tho'  short,  History  of 
that  important  Affair.  By  Samuel  Blodget,  Occasionally  at  the 
Camp,  when  the  Battle  was  fought.  Boston  ;  New-England. 
Printed  by  Richard  Draper,  for  the  Author.     MDCCLV." 

Samuel  Blodget,  the-  author  of  the  Plan,  was  a  trader  in 
Boston.  He  has  an  advertisement  in  the  Gazette,  Dec.  10, 
1759,  by  which  it  appeara  that  he  kept  a  shop  in  Marl- 
borough Street,  where  he  sold  English  goods,  sugars,  hats, 
etc.  He  gives  notice  that  "  Officers  and  Soldiers  who  have 
lately  been  discharged,  may  be  supplied  at  the  lowest  Price, 
till  their  Muster-Kolls  are  made  up,"  showing  that  he  still 
had  certain  relations  with  the  army.  A  sketch  of  Mr. 
Blodget  is  given  in  Potter's  "  History  of  Manchester,  N.  H." 
(pages  525-537),  from  which  it  appears  that  he  was  born 
at  Woburn,  on  April  1,  1724,  and  died  at  Derryfield,  now 
Manchester,  on  Sept.  1,  1806.  At  one  time  he  was  a  Jus- 
tice of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  County 
of  Hillsborougii,  and  at  a  later  period  the  projector  of  Blod- 
get's  canal  around  the  Amoskeag  Falls.  See  also  Chase's 
"History  of  Haverhill"  (pages  621,  622)  for  another  account 
of  Mr.  Blodget. 


Thomas  Johnston,  th.'  cnRmver  of  tl.o  IM.in,.li.Ml  in  Itoston, 
on  May  H  ITfi".  He  wi\s  iin  iiitist  of  lesi.ettiihility,  luul  Jiad 
pra.ti.o(l  UH  un  lu-mhlic  j-aintor.  "  Th.  Honton  KvoninR- 
I'oHt,"  May  11,  1707,  has  the  foHowiiiR  notice  of  his  tleath  :  — 

L«Ht  FrLlay  M..rning  .lie.l  lu-n,  Mr.  rhomu.  Johnston,  .lapunner. 
I'ah.ter  and  Knffrav.r.  after  u  Muat  iil..e«H,  having  beon  Hei/.ed  with  hi. 
Apoplectic  Fit  a  few  Days  hefore. 

In  the  list  of  ante-la-.. ^I'-.tionaiy  p.iDlications  given  in 
the  second  voh.n.e  of  Thomas's  "  History  of  Printing  "  (second 
edition),  it  is  said,  on  page  .ViJJ,  that  niodg.fs  "  Plan  is  rarely 
met  with."  A  cording  to  Sahin's  -  Dictionary  of  Books  re- 
lating to  America"  (vol.  ii.  pp.  231.  232),  an  edition  of  the 
pamphlet  was  hrought  out  in  London,  during  the  year  HoO, 
l,y  T.  Jefferys. 


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